T/D recurve help-along

[Balding Kansan]

Dry run went better than I expected. The hose still doesn’t reach the edges, but I don’t have a pressure strip in there yet either. Is a pressure strip just a flexible strip of sheet metal or aluminum?

Even though the hose doesn’t reach the edges, everything is good and tight. Except at the feathered end of the wedge, it needs choked down a little bit.

And a picture of my new little quail finder. GWP.

[Shredd]

  I would just use a wood lam to your preferred thickness for a pressure strip...  Make sure it is sanded smooth...

[OldRawhide42]

He is little

[Crooked Stic]

I get the rubber baseboard ( in offices hospitals etc.)bandsaw it to right width. Can use one or two depending on how much space you need to fill.

[Balding Kansan]

I get the rubber baseboard ( in offices hospitals etc.)bandsaw it to right width. Can use one or two depending on how much space you need to fill.

That’s funny, I was just thinking about using vinyl wall base. We’ve got boxes of the stuff laying around at work.

[Balding Kansan]

Double check me on this please

From belly to back:
Air hose
Pressure strip
Glass, shiny side up
Parallel
Wedge
Taper
Glass, shiny side down.

[Mad Max]

Double check me on this please

From belly to back:
Air hose
Pressure strip
Glass, shiny side up
Parallel
Wedge
Taper
Glass, shiny side down.

  shiny side, they have been glued up wrong
Yes

[Balding Kansan]

I’m getting real close to a glue up. I found some sheet rubber at work, flexible but very dense. It’s use is to cut down on sound transmission through walls. Anyway it cut down on my form gap and the air hose looks great. Still need to come up with a hot box, still debating on building one or using my truck/sun.

Painters tape on the shiny sides of the glass correct?
Saran Wrap under the stack and over the form and under the air hose and over the stack?
About how much smooth on do I need to mix up for 1 limb?

Thanks for the help.

[Shredd]

Plastic sheet between stack and pressure strip...

  Electric blanket with a sleeping bag or comforter over it is plenty of heat...

[Mad Max]

Saran Wrap next to the tape

Like Shredd said

[mmattockx]

About how much smooth on do I need to mix up for 1 limb?

This may help a bit with that question:

https://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php?topic=176070.msg2964902#msg2964902


Mark

[Mad Max]

Smooth-on
use plastic spoons, rounded over spoon full of each, more white is better than more yellow, you can mix more if you need it.
You have plenty of time

Tape over the stack at the wedge and pull it back at a angle to keep the stack from sliding away from the stop.

[Balding Kansan]

Smooth-on
use plastic spoons, rounded over spoon full of each, more white is better than more yellow, you can mix more if you need it.
You have plenty of time

Tape over the stack at the wedge and pull it back at a angle to keep the stack from sliding away from the stop.

Got it! Thank you.

[OldRawhide42]

Use 2 spoons . 1 for A and 1 for B when you take it out of the can.

[Balding Kansan]

Use 2 spoons . 1 for A and 1 for B when you take it out of the can.

Good tip! That way I won’t contaminate the cans, I assume anyway.

[pditto613]

I use 3oz plastic cups. I mark a line 7/8” up from the bottom on each cup.  That does one 58” take down limb.  I would do more than that on the first limb and adjust the amount as needed on future limbs.  You can always mix a little more if you need to. There is plenty of time.   I remember my first bow took over an hour to get secured in the form and had no issues.

[Mad Max]

Lets see you form with the washers to hold the lams in place.

[Balding Kansan]

Best picture I have at the moment until I get home. This was just a fit up to see if my rubber strip “gap fillers” were going to work. But you can see the washers, they work well. I leave them loose, swing them up into place and tighten the screw to kind of crowd the lams flush.

I still need to make the limb butt end stop block at the end of the form. And trim the lams to length. Probably should leave them a couple inches long at the tip end?

[Balding Kansan]

Sorry, I really need to figure out how to rotate pics. I’m sure everyone has a sore neck from trying to see them.

[Mad Max]

3" from the nock longer on the tips
You need 1 more  washer at the feather end of the butt wedge.
It's all going to get slippery when the glue is on